The tragic murder of Gabby Petito continues to confound investigators, even now more than three years after her death.
Things took another twist in the mystery this week as police released disturbing bodycam footage that could indicate who knew of Petito’s whereabouts.
According to a report from Fox News, when Florida police visited the home of Petito’s then-fiance Brian Laundrie in 2021 after the disappearance of Petito on the other side of the country, his parents dodged their questions before officers ultimately left with her van – and more questions than answers, newly released bodycam video shows.
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“I’m not talking to anybody,” Laundrie’s father, Christopher Laundrie, tells a North Port police officer after answering the door in a sleeveless shirt as his wife, Roberta, looks on over his shoulder.
“No,” Christopher Laundrie replies, shaking his head.
The officer explains he has a detective on the phone and asks when the last time the parents saw their son or Petito.
“Well, Brian is here, and that’s all we’re saying,” his father replies. “We have an attorney… That’s all I want to say.”
Police recorded the encounter on Sept. 11, 2021, the day Petito’s mother, Nichole Schmidt, reported her missing in her New York hometown. The video was just made public through public records requests.
“This nightmare never ends,” Schmidt told Fox News Digital Wednesday, just over three years after her daughter’s remains were found at a campsite north of Jackson, Wyoming. Petito had last been seen alive at a grocery store in town there on Aug. 28, 2021.
The officer, who has a New York detective on the phone who was looking for Petito, asks, “You don’t want to talk to us?”
Laundrie’s parents only replied with sharing their lawyer’s information.
“Is this her vehicle, her van?” the officer continued asking Laundrie’s parents, pointing at her white Ford parked in their driveway.
“It’s both of theirs,” Christopher Laundrie replied.
The family’s lawyer, Steve Bertolino, advised the Laundries to invoke their constitutional right to remain silent as the investigation played out.
Brian Laundrie also declined to ever speak with police and eventually snuck out and shot himself in the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park about 10 minutes away from his home, where his remains went undiscovered for weeks.